Tag Archives: Grace

Healing is Making Whole

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Spirit Moments

I have worked many years working in the health industry. And I have noticed a difference in the art and science of medicine between Western medicine and Oriental medicine. Western medicine has focused on the science part, on symptoms and … Continue reading →

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Why Be Good At All?

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Spirit Moments

Three things I have to guard against and work hard to resist: the works of the flesh, the ways of the world and the wiles of the devil. The works of the flesh are lust, sloth, gluttony, greed, anger, envy … Continue reading →

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Faith That Moves

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Spirit Moments

Faith is building a relationship with a Presence who has had a profound effect in my life, directing everything that happens to me. Many times I have wished that my faith would be able to move mountains or could calm … Continue reading →

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Prayer

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Spirit Moments

I make an effort each day to always spend the first moments of the new day in prayer. I offer the Lord the new day and my whole future with all my dreams and aspirations and then set these aside. … Continue reading →

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We are still in the midst of winter: cold weather, sometimes rain, snow in the mountains, leafless and seemingly lifeless trees. It is a cold drab landscape compared to the flowers of spring and the warmth of summer or even … Continue reading →

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Bukas Palad ~ Generosity

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Spirit Moments

Bukas palad is such a felicitous Filipino expression of what generosity is all about. To be generous is to have open hands, willing and ready to give everything in one’s palms. To be truly generous is to give without limits … Continue reading →

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I’m Coming Home to My Mother, My Brothers and My Sisters.

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Spirit Moments

“Receive what you are and become what you have received.” I picked up these words from the homily of Fr. George last Sunday. What and who I am is a gift I constantly wonder at. I did nothing to deserve … Continue reading →

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I Believe

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Spirit Moments

In a murder case, motive is essential to establish a crime has been committed. Without the motive, there is no crime. Leaders of all type employ incentives, rewards or cause to die for in order to move people and motivate … Continue reading →

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My Damascus Is Not One Of Blinding Light But Of Groping In Shadows

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Spirit Moments

I always experience a certain thrill in being the first to announce some good news. Unfortunately, that is also true when it comes to bad news. But people have always loved passing on information, either in the form of news … Continue reading →

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Body And Soul

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Spirit Moments

One can look at the human body mechanistically and realize what an amazing machine the human body is. It is the only machine that can repair itself. Or one can look at man as an embodied spirit and see what … Continue reading →

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